App of the week

App of the week – Muji on the move

Click to playApp of the week – Muji on the move

We can’t get enough of Muji here at Esquire. The ultimate stop for last minute gifts – who knew Grandma wanted a minature wooden model set of Tokyo for Christmas? – and the brand behind one of the greatest designs of the past few decades (the gloriously simple wall-mounted cd player-come-speaker FYI) Muji has just launched its latest design innovation, and this time it’s screen-based. [Read more...]

App of the week

App of the week – Sneaker weather

App of the week – Sneaker weather

It’s that time of year again when the weather starts to turn, and it’s an utter nightmare picking the appropriate footwear for the day. An unexpected bought of sunshine can just as quickly turn into a tropical storm (we should know, having been caught short in one such downpour this weekend) so the latest innovation to hit the iPhone is nothing short of a weather-based revelation. [Read more...]

App of the week, Art

App of the week – Frieze Art Finder

App of the week – Frieze Art Finder

If there’s one thing we know about Frieze Art Fair, we know that it gets busy. Very busy. Between sidestepping gaggles of Japanese tourists and avoiding the jets of flame which shoot from the nostrils of art dealers, it can be a stretch to see any art at all. [Read more...]

App of the week, Design & Technology

Summer’s sorted with Veuve Clicquot

Summer’s sorted with Veuve Clicquot

What with the glut of iPhone apps promising to do everything from feed your children to water your plants, it’s difficult to differentiate the good stuff from the dross. [Read more...]

App of the week, Books

And the first essential iPad app is…

And the first essential iPad app is…

With the iPad finally going on sale in a little over 24 hours, you might be wondering if there’s enough worthwhile content at launch to justify dipping your toe into early-adopter territory. If the Marvel Comics iPad app is anything to go by, the answer is yes. [Read more...]

App of the week, Gaming

Giving it the bird

Giving it the bird

If asked what the current best-selling iPhone game comprised, probably the last thing we’d respond with would be “a tale of avian revenge of Hitchcock proportions”. [Read more...]

App of the week, Design & Technology

iPhone app we love: The Pocket Shouter

Click to playiPhone app we love: The Pocket Shouter

We’re huge fans of Modern Toss, the family of dark cartoon characters created by Jon Link and Mick Bunnage. So, when we heard that one of their characters, Drive-By Abuser, had got his own iPhone app we felt compelled to investigate…   [Read more...]

App of the week, Design & Technology, Music

Gucci joins the app game

Gucci joins the app game

Gucci aren’t the most obvious brand to be launching an iphone app but that is what they have done, getting creative director Frida Giannini and Mark Ronson to collaborate on the content. Features include a virtual turntable which allows you to mix your existing tracks, a playlist picked out by Ronson, a digest of recommended bars and restaurants in 20 cities and updates on the limited-edition collection of the Gucci/Ronson trainer project. And it’s free as well. Available at www.itunes.com/appstore